Horizon Europe is one of the largest funding programmes for research and innovation worldwide. The content is oriented towards important societal issues such as health, sustainable development and digitalisation. The central goal is to promote excellence in European science. Citizens are to be more involved and the positive benefits of research and innovation - for example, through advances in health or the environment - are to be communicated even more clearly. The so-called missions with clearly defined goals also serve this purpose. The EU Research Framework Programme is based on three pillars: Scientific Excellence, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness and Innovative Europe. They are complemented by the area Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area. Horizon Europe runs from 2021 to 2027.